- Rumors suggest that a small electric truck is in process
- The ‘Skunkworks’ project was established to bring more than EV of mass to the masses
- Ford will present more on August 11
The Ford CEO, Jim Farley, announced in a recent earning calls that the company had to present plans for an affordable EV family, referring to the event scheduled as a “Model T moment for us in Ford.”
Farley, who has registered to explain how good is the competition of China (it was impressed by an Xiaomi Su7), explained that the company needed to duplicate its EV plans to continue being competitive in the future.
As a result, Farley supervised the base of a ‘skunkworks’ team last year that was brought to develop a low -cost electric vehicle platform that could support a series of new electrified models at speed already scale.
At that time, Ford was losing up to $ 5.5 billion per year in EVS, which includes the Ford F-150 Lightning truck, the Mustang Mach-E, the Explorer and El Capri and Puma Gen-e for slow sale in European markets.
According to the reports, Alan Clarke, a former Tesla employee who was previously in charge of supervising the development of the model and was part of the team of 100 people who had the task of introducing EV with lithium iron phosphate battery that could compete in the price with rivals that came out of China.
Now, Farley has said that the company plans to reveal the culmination of that work in an event in Kentucky on August 11, comparing the moment with the first motorized vehicle produced in mass of Ford that opened motor racing to the general public in early 1900.
What we can expect from Ford’s announcement
Industry experts have been suggesting online that the new platform is likely to support a smaller and more compact truck that would offer a respectable range and impressive transport skills, but it costs less than the $ 54,780 F-150 Lightning today.
Farley has previously suggested that prices will be less than $ 30,000 (around £ 23,000 / AU $ 46,000) for cheaper products on the next platform, according to Evs, but it was not so far to establish exactly what these products would be.
We can also expect to see a SUV make that list, since Ford does not currently sell to the explorer or the Capri outside of Europe, since both cars were an exercise of sharing platforms with Volkswagen.
Cava under the skin, and will see that they share most of their pieces with identification.4 with disappointing results, but this new Skunkworks platform would allow the company to have greater control over a SUV that would attract more to the US market and could rival a series of excellent models of Kia, Hyundai, Chevrolet and Tesla.
Finally, this new totally electric platform could also support a second attempt by a full-size electric truck that could not only undermine the current Lightning F-150, but also cost much less than a R1T Rivian, Chevy Silverado EV and the failed Cybertruck of Tesla.
